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If Sen. Bernie Sanders prevails in next week’s Iowa Caucus, it’ll be thanks in part to a little help from his friends. Stuck in D.C. during most weekdays in the final two weeks by the Senate impeachment hearing, Sanders is leaning on his significant stable of popular progressive surrogates to both rally voters in his…

Tom Steyer may be a billionaire now, but he’s not dying a billionaire. Or at least that’s what his wife, Kat Taylor, said on his campaign bus earlier this month while in Iowa, supporting his largely self-funded bid. The two have been united in their personal lives to their pledge to give the bulk of…

Eight presidential candidates gathered Monday afternoon in Des Moines for the 2020 Iowa Brown & Black Democratic Presidential Forum, a minority-focused event dating back to 1984. Reporters from Vice News led one-on-one discussions with the candidates as they were asked to explain how their policy proposals would affect American minorities like African Americans, Latinx and…

The big question Iowa Democrats are grappling with as they try to select a nominee is a complicated one: who is “electable?” It’s that question of who can beat Trump that has Iowans “paralyzed by fear,” deeply afraid that they’ll end up picking someone who could go down in defeat and grant Trump a second…

The very first results of the 2020 national Democratic primary process will come from an Iowa Caucus gathering in… the Republic of Georgia. Yes, the first caucus will occur in the Caucasus. This year, the Iowa Democratic Party’s expanded use of satellite caucuses should give an indication of how the overall caucus race is playing…

Ten minutes after Bryce Smith, the chairman of the Dallas County Democrats, found out Sen. Cory Booker, who he had endorsed, was dropping out of the 2020 presidential race, he received a phone call from another campaign. “My grandmother, who was sitting at home and is an avid MSNBC watcher, was the first person to…

The final Democratic presidential debate before Iowans make their preferences known next month was a policy-heavy discussion that focused first on a topic not often explored over the past six debates: foreign policy. Debate moderators from CNN and the Des Moines Register led Tuesday night’s debate at Drake University with the United States’ assassination of…

The final Democratic presidential debate before Iowans make their preferences known next month was a policy-heavy discussion that focused first on a topic not often explored over the past six debates: foreign policy. Debate moderators from CNN and the Des Moines Register led Tuesday night’s debate at Drake University with the United States’ assassination of…

The entire political world is focused on Drake University in Des Moines tonight as six Democratic candidates take the stage for the final debate before the Iowa Caucus. The debate itself doesn’t get underway until 8 p.m. tonight, but several hundred reporters have already camped out on campus. Before these major media events in Iowa,…

Sen. Amy Klobuchar is in the midst of a 27-county barnstorm of Iowa, part of her effort to do the full 99-county tour before caucus night gets here. She’s riding high after a solid debate performance, one that generated $1 million in donations to her in the 24 hours after, allowing her to expand her…